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Tyronn Lue Says Cavaliers 'Were Being Too Nice' in Beginning of 2017 NBA Finals

Game 4 of the NBA Finals featured plenty of hostility between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors, and Cavs coach Tyronn Lue believes this helped change his team's fortunes.

"I thought the first two games [we] were being too nice," Lue said Sunday, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN. "The first three games, helping guys up off the floor, smiling, talking to guys and—yeah, I didn't like that. So I think Game 4, talking trash, being physical, whatever you got to do to try to get that edge to win, you got to do it.